Sack-holder.



H. B. SAOKETT.

SACK HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED D30. 2a, 1908.

Patented May 10, 19w.

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HIRAM B. SACKE'IT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SACK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May if 1916 Application filed December 26, 1908. Serial No.469,243.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM B. SACKETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sack holders,and has for its object to provide a simple device of this kind by meansof which a bag or sack may be held in such position as to permit it tobe filled with coal, trash or the like with the greatest facilit Withthese and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as willbe more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sackholder constructed in accordance with the invention, a sack in positionand the hopper removed, Fig. 2 is a central transverse section on theline 22 of Fig. 1, the hopper in position, and Fig. 3 is a detailperspective View of the hopper support detached from position, and, Fig.4 is a detail perspective view of the hopper.

In the embodiment illustrated the device comprises an upright frame 1,having base pieces 2, upright side pieces 3, and an upper preferablyfiat supporting bar 4, which extends between the upper ends of the sidepieces, and is held upon the back edges thereof by fastening bolts 5,which extend through said supporting bar and said side pieces, and nuts6, which screw upon said bolts against the front edges of the sidepieces. An open approximately rectangular hopper supporting frame ishinged to the upper edge of the supporting bar 4 by hinges 7, which areattached to said edge of the supporting bar and to the inner face of therear side piece 8 of the hopper supporting frame. A hopper 9 provided atits front side and ends with a continuous straight depending rim 10, ismounted in said hopper supporting frame with its rim fitting against theinner faces of the front side and end pieces thereof, the lower edge ofthe rim 10 at the ends of the hopper being of straight form andextending to a point approximately a distance of half the width of theend pieces of the hopper supporting frame and the lower edge of thehopper rim at the front of the hopper supporting frame being of gradualand outwardly curved formation and projecting below the lower edge ofthe front side piece of said frame.

In practice, a sack or bag 11 is held in position by inserting a portionof the upper edge thereof under the rear side piece 8 of the hoppersupporting frame, this portion of the upper edge of the sack or bagbeing held in clamping relation between the rear face of said crosspiece of the hopper supporting frame and the front face of thesupporting bar, when said frame is in sack supporting position, or in aforward position approximately at right angles with the supportingframe 1. A portion of the re maining portion of the upper edge of thesack or bag is next inserted between the front side piece 12 of thehopper supporting frame and the hopper, the front side piece of saidframe being curved slightly outwardly to provide a space between it andthe front wall of the hopper to permit the insertion of a portion of asack or bag therebetween. This portion of the upper edge of the sack orbag is held in position by a clamp 13, constructed from a single fiatpiece of spring metal bent centrally upon itself to provide clampingportions 1d adapted to straddle the front side piece 12 of the hoppersupporting frame. This clamp is attached to the free end of a verticallyremovable arm 15, pivoted to the inner face, and near the lower edge ofthe front side piece 12 of the hopper supporting frame so that the clampmay be readily swung up in disengaged relation with the hoppersupporting frame when it is desired to release the sack or bag afterhaving been filled.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood with out requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is A sack holder comprising an upright frame, atransverse support detaohably mounted at the upper end of the frame, anopen rectangular sack supporting frame hinged to the upper edge of thesupport whereby a portion of a sack may be clamped between the supportand the sack supporting frame, a spring metal clamping arm pivoted tothe inner face of the front piece of the supporting frame in position toswing in a vertical plane parallel therewith and provided at its freeend with a laterally extending U-shaped clamping portion adapted tostraddle the front piece of the sack supporting frame and clamp portionsof a sack against the inner and outer faces thereof, and a hopperremovably mounted in the sack supporting frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Witnesses.

HIRAM B. SACKETT. -Witnesses JOHN J. JAEGER, CHAS. W. NEWBERRY.

